Chicago Overnight Report

Chicago Tribune reporter Adam Sege describes the Chicago's overnight crimes, including shootings that left five people injured and one dead. (Posted September 10, 2013)

Chicago Tribune reporter Adam Sege describes the Chicago's overnight crimes, including shootings that left five people injured and one dead. (Posted September 10, 2013)

Adam SegeTribune reporter

A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk.

• A man was killed when a powerful explosion leveled a home in Lowell, Ind., sending debris flying up to 150 yards away, officials said. The blast occurred shortly before 7:30 p.m., according to Lowell Fire Chief Clint Gorball. When he arrived at the scene in the 100 block of East 181st Avenue, a home lay in ruins and a home next door had caught fire. Read more

• A 33-year-old west suburban man has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend in the city's Heart of Chicago neighborhood early Sunday, police said. Emilio Izguirre, of the 3200 block of South Kenilworth Avenue in Berwyn, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the slaying of 26-year-old Joanna Lopez. He is also charged with home invasion causing injury. Read more

• A firefighter was injured battling an extra-alarm fire that broke out this evening at a building on the South Side in the city's Gresham neighborhood. The fire started at a building located at 7920 S. Union Ave. and spread to another building at 7918 S. Union Ave., according to Fire Media information. Read more

• A 20-year-old man was shot dead on the Far South Side, and five other people were wounded by gunfire in the city late Monday and early this morning, according to authorities. The 20-year-old, Jerrelle Samuels, was sitting on his front porch in the 300 block of East 134th Street when a shooter in a dark sedan opened fire about 12:30 a.m., authorities said. Read more